Scottish Statutory Instrument 2001 No. 458

The Sheep and Goats Spongiform Encephalopathy (Compensation) Amendment (Scotland) Order 2001

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(a) the definitions of "average cull price for sheep" and "average cull price for goats" are omitted; and

(b) the following definition shall be inserted after the definition of "cull animal":-

" "laboratory" means a veterinary laboratory as may be approved by or on behalf of the Scottish Ministers for the purposes of this Order;".

    (3) In article 3 (compensation for affected and suspected animals slaughtered for transmissible spongiform encephalopathy)-

(a) the following paragraph shall be substituted for paragraph (1):-

    " (1) Where the Scottish Ministers cause an animal to be slaughtered as a suspected or affected animal under the powers conferred by section 32(1) of the Animal Health Act 1981 in its application to any transmissible spongiform encephalopathy[3] and an examination, at a laboratory, of tissues taken from the carcase of the animal confirms that it was an affected animal, the amount of compensation payable shall be-


(a) in the case of a cull animal, £30; and

(b) in the case of any other affected animal, £90.";



(b) in paragraph (2), for "at a veterinary laboratory of the Ministry", there shall be substituted ", at a laboratory,"; and

(c) paragraphs (3), (4) and (5) are omitted.

ROSS FINNIE
A member of the Scottish Executive

Pentland House, Edinburgh
12th December 2001

[2] S.I. 1998/1647.back

[3] Section 32 of the Animal Health Act 1981 was applied to any transmissible spongiform encephalopathy in sheep and goats by article 7(1) of S.I. 1998/1645.back